Half-troll palace.
A royal meeting is in progress.
Of course, it is not particularly accurate to say that it was an imperial meeting, because the new king, Gondwala, could not understand the reports of the cabinet ministers at all, and was already drowsy on the throne at the moment.
But the ministers of the half-troll kingdom turned a blind eye to this.
Because, the person they really reported to was actually Colin.
"...So, Your Majesty, there is a huge food shortage in the Kingdom. Although it will be relieved after the autumn harvest, it still cannot reach the level of self-sufficiency." The Minister of Agriculture said "Your Majesty", but looked at Colin.
"You don't have to worry about the food issue." Colin reassured calmly, "The northern border will provide the half-troll kingdom with food supplies for three years. Of course, the food is not free, and you will have to pay it back in the future."
Since the implementation of the new farming and animal husbandry system proposed by Bachelor Sonny in the northern border, grain production has increased significantly. Not only has the internal famine problem been resolved, but there is even room to supply the half-troll kingdom.
Colin has made the half-elf kingdom adopt a similar new farming and animal husbandry system. I believe that with the half-elf kingdom's unique agricultural conditions and the half-elf's talent in planting, the increase in food production will definitely be more impressive.
Therefore, Ke Lin doesn't have to worry about the food problem at all now.
"My lord, thank you for your help!"
After the Minister of Agriculture stepped down, the Minister of War reported:
"Your Majesty, according to your will, the first regular army of the half-troll kingdom has been recruited. A total of 30,000 soldiers will be recruited this time, including 3,000 half-trolls, 15,000 humans, and the rest are trolls..."
Yes, there were quite a few human soldiers in the first army of the half-troll kingdom.
This was of course ordered by Colin.
After all, the current total population of half-trolls is too small, and it is impossible to gather many soldiers to form an army.
If trolls make up the vast majority of the army, then the loyalty of this army is very unreliable.
Now that the half-troll kingdom has just been established, the situation has not yet been completely stabilized. If there is not a sufficiently reliable military force to suppress it, chaos will easily occur.
That's why Ke Lin recruited many people from the north to join the army.
Moreover, this is also a means for Colin to infiltrate the half-troll kingdom.
This army is the first military armed force formed by the half-troll kingdom. The officers and even soldiers in it will be able to occupy a place in the half-troll kingdom's military circle in the future. Adding a certain number of humans can also ensure that the northern border can be divided into half and half in the future. The army of the troll kingdom has enough influence.
Colin planned to let them go to the troll empire to sweep up the troll empire on a regular basis after the army had a certain combat effectiveness.
In this way, the troll empire would not be allowed to recuperate, and at the same time, a large number of troll populations could be captured and brought back through war, allowing the half-troll kingdom to grow more rapidly.
As for whether this army will suffer defeat in the troll empire, Colin is not worried.
After all, today's troll empire is really at the end of its rope, and the traitors that Ke Lin planted in it are constantly stirring up civil strife.
Through the monitoring of the blood slaves, Colin knew that Abbas had successfully ascended the throne of the troll empire, and at the same time issued a war order against the half-troll kingdom as Colin requested.
This war order will inevitably make the troll empire, which has been drained dry, boil with dissatisfaction and civil strife.
It is estimated that when the half-troll army arrives, the troll empire will not be able to pull out a decent army to defend.
Moreover, Ke Lin is still infiltrating and corrupting the upper echelons of the troll empire.
The method is also very simple, that is, to constantly recruit their illegitimate children and let them serve as high-ranking officials in the half-troll kingdom.
There is an inextricable connection between the high-level of the half-troll kingdom and the high-level of the troll empire.
For example, King Gondwala is the son of the former Troll Emperor Okamoto, Archbishop Okaz is the illegitimate son of the Troll Emperor Abbas, Prime Minister Mofingen is the illegitimate son of the Troll Empire Finance Minister, and Minister of Military Affairs Mogad is the illegitimate son of the Troll Emperor. The illegitimate son of the former Troll Emperor Mordo II...
These illegitimate children were discriminated against in the troll empire and their status was low, but when they arrived here, they became the rulers of a country. Such a change in identity made them completely abandon their thoughts on the troll empire, and even wanted to destroy the one that gave them An empire with cold memories.
For the high-level figures of the troll empire, seeing that the troll empire has no future, the half-troll kingdom can be regarded as a way out.
Of course, they would not be willing to look at these illegitimate children on weekdays, but as the half-troll kingdom grows stronger, their thoughts will inevitably change.
Of course, not all high-ranking trolls have half-troll bastards.
Those "troll racists" will naturally form two opposing factions with the high-level trolls who have half-troll illegitimate children. As long as Colin provokes a little, the two factions will fight among themselves, and even make the trolls The empire was completely divided.
While meditating, the Minister of Military Affairs had already reported the status of the half-troll kingdom's army building and future plans.
Subsequently, Prime Minister Mofingen of the Kingdom reported on Qianhui:
"Your Majesty, according to your previous order, I have drafted a policy to encourage births.
People in the half-troll kingdom will receive a subsidy of ten silver coins for every healthy baby they give birth to, and if the baby is of half-troll bloodline, the reward will be doubled... "
Just then, a knight strode into the hall.
Mofingen frowned, but he didn't dare to say anything more, because he recognized that it was a knight from the Angelet family.
"Knight Logue, what's the matter?" Colin also asked curiously.
He knew that if there was no emergency, the Logue knight would not rashly break into the imperial meeting like this.
Gangwala was also awakened, quickly wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, and sat upright.
The Logue knight looked serious, strode up to Colin, and reported in a low voice:
"Lord Earl, just now there was news from Cold Winter City that the Imperial coalition forces suffered a major defeat in the Tianduan Mountains..."
"What!" Colin stood up in shock, "How about the loss of the northern army? Where's the Marquis of Garcia?"
"Marquis Garcia..." Knight Logue hesitated for a while, but seeing Colin's uneasy expression, he lowered his voice and said:
"It is said that the Marquis Garcia led the northern army to escape, which led to the disastrous defeat of the Imperial Coalition Army. His Majesty has declared the Marquis Garcia a traitor, and demanded that he be arrested and questioned immediately..."
Hearing this, Colin no longer had the heart to care about the trivial matters of the half-troll kingdom, and immediately strode out.
A group of half-troll ministers were left standing there, looking at each other in blank dismay.
(end of this chapter)